Chile vs Uruguay: Infant mortality rate

Chile
0.5798 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.6166 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Uruguay rank
141st

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Chile
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5798 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0368 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Uruguay Difference Ahead
1950s 12.03 deaths per 100 live births 5.55 deaths per 100 live births 6.48 deaths per 100 live births Chile
1960s 9.83 deaths per 100 live births 5.28 deaths per 100 live births 4.56 deaths per 100 live births Chile
1970s 5.39 deaths per 100 live births 4.7 deaths per 100 live births 0.6881 deaths per 100 live births Chile
1980s 2.08 deaths per 100 live births 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 0.5896 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1990s 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 1.84 deaths per 100 live births 0.6462 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2000s 0.8003 deaths per 100 live births 1.25 deaths per 100 live births 0.4456 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2010s 0.6856 deaths per 100 live births 0.7684 deaths per 100 live births 0.0828 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2020s 0.5834 deaths per 100 live births 0.6115 deaths per 100 live births 0.0281 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Chile or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5798 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Chile and Uruguay?
0.0368 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Uruguay?
71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Chile and Uruguay rank globally for infant mortality rate?
Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .